It's time for cup football and it's the Coppa Italia 4th Round between Cagliari and Sampdoria. Here's the biggest preview available before kick-off:
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Cagliari form and stats
Last season, Cagliari's Coppa Italia journey ended in the 8th finals against Atalanta.Cagliari are steadily winning Serie A games and points here at Sardegna Arena. 5 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats is the summary from 8 games. Cagliari has a nice streak going on as they have played twelve consecutive games without losing (regardless of home/away). They are keen to extend their tally, a streak that began after the Inter defeat 95 days ago. Ever since the Hellas Verona game Cagliari has been unbeatable here at Sardegna Arena producing four straight wins.
Cagliari's last game was hosting Sampdoria and winning 4-3. 2-2 away at Lecce before that.
The game against Sampdoria had lots of late drama as Cagliari came back from being down 0-2 and finally secured all three points through A. Cerri's goal in the 90th minute.
The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Cagliari handle that role? We have found eleven games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The win/draw/lost stats in these games are W8-D2-L1.
The manager R. Maran will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Sassuolo in only three days.
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (19 in 8 games), Cagliari's attacking play is working. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 12 goals have been conceded.
Sampdoria form and stats
Sampdoria's mission in Coppa Italia last season failed in the 8th finals against Milan.Sampdoria have only collected 3 points from their away games in the Serie A, after 1-0-6 (7 played).
Two away games in a row for Sampdoria, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 3-4 versus Cagliari in the Serie A. A home win before that, celebrating 2-1 vs Udinese.
A huge disappointment for Sampdoria in their last match (vs Cagliari). Leading 2-0 the victory seemed almost certain, but a fascinating collapse turned everything around and in the end all points were lost in a 3-4 defeat.
Sampdoria are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 0 wins, 0 draws and 3 defeats. From a total of three matches.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Parma in just three days.
Sampdoria are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 7 away goals from 7 games (in the league). For Sampdoria, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: 2 - 4 - 4 (Cagliari wins - draws - Sampdoria wins). As for goals, 6 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 4 had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  João Pedro 9 goals |  R. Nainggolan 4 goals |  G. Simeone 4 goals |
Cagliari missing players
Sampdoria missing players
| Cagliari | Sampdoria | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 7 | Won | W | 3 | 7 | ||
| 8 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Lost | L | 8 | 13 | ||
| 41 | 24 | Scored | S | 19 | 30 | ||
| 32 | 17 | Conceded | C | 28 | 41 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 88% | ||
| 84% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 76% | ||
| 52% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 69% | 56% | ||
| 28% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 38% | 24% | ||
| 12% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 31% | 16% | ||
| 72% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 62% | 52% | ||
| 20% | 17% | Clean Sheets | C S | 15% | 28% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 32% | ||
| 4.4 | 5.3 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 5.4 | ||
| 6.7 | 4.7 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 6 | 5.8 | ||
| 2.8 | 2.3 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2.4 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Red Cards | R C | 3 | 4 | ||
| 269 | 180 | Total Shots | T S | 141 | 344 | ||
| 97 | 66 | Shots on Target | S O | 50 | 108 | ||
| 40% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 28% | 23% | ||
- Cagliari have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Cagliari have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Cagliari haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Sampdoria have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Inter | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 7 | 18 | 37 |
| 2 | Juventus | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 25 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 13 | 36 |
| 3 | Lazio | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 33 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 19 | 30 |
| 4 | Cagliari | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 29 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 12 | 28 |
| 5 | Roma | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 11 | 28 |
| 6 | Atalanta | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 34 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 9 | 13 | 25 |
| 7 | Napoli | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 20 |
| 8 | Parma | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 18 |
| 9 | Hellas Verona | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | -2 | 18 |
| 10 | Torino | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 11 | -4 | 17 |
| 11 | Milan | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 7 | -4 | 17 |
| 12 | Bologna | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 14 | -3 | 16 |
| 13 | Fiorentina | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 12 | -3 | 16 |
| 14 | Sassuolo | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 24 | 25 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | -1 | 14 |
| 15 | Lecce | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 16 | -9 | 14 |
| 16 | Udinese | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 15 | -14 | 14 |
| 17 | Sampdoria | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 16 | -12 | 12 |
| 18 | Genoa | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 28 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 18 | -13 | 10 |
| 19 | SPAL | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 11 | -12 | 9 |
| 20 | Brescia | 13 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 11 | -16 | 7 |